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- Fri Feb 14, 2003 2:32 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: First English Zalman CNPS-7000 review
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8094
First English Zalman CNPS-7000 review
First English review of the CNPS-7000 at Casejunkies . The short story: it gives the same degree of cooling as a 6500 with a considerably lower fan speed - about 1300 vs. 1800 rpm. Even in the reviewer's quiet system (low-voltage fans, passive GPU cooler) it was considered silent at its quiet settin...
- Tue Feb 11, 2003 8:36 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Question for 180GXP owners
- Replies: 21
- Views: 19236
- Tue Feb 11, 2003 8:29 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: How much will a 300w power supply run?
- Replies: 284
- Views: 1202930
Maybe 200w on average use, but not on momentary max draw - see the Tom's Hardware website for the calculations on components.... Granted, you may never hit such extremes as 90-100% on all components simultaneously, but if you want to be certain of avoiding any instabilities caused by voltage drops, ...
- Mon Feb 10, 2003 1:20 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: How much will a 300w power supply run?
- Replies: 284
- Views: 1202930
Re Schnee's system - valuable information there. It should be kept in mind that a current high-end 3d card like a 9700Pro or a Geforce FX is drawing 30+ or so more watts than a 9000; and if you were to array a pair of the new Barracuda 7200.7's rather than the WDs, you would be looking at an extra 1...
- Mon Feb 10, 2003 1:03 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Question for 180GXP owners
- Replies: 21
- Views: 19236
- Sun Feb 09, 2003 8:20 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Barracuda 7200.7 specifications
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2381
Barracuda 7200.7 specifications
The idle spec for the multi-platter versions of the 7200.7/7+ is identical to the multi-platter rating for the B-IV and the B-V: 2.5 bels. Single platter version has a less-impressive spec: "<2.5 bels" vs. the 2.1 rating for the others. Still, the multiplatter specs are .3-.5 bels better than the 18...
- Sat Feb 08, 2003 7:01 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Question for 180GXP owners
- Replies: 21
- Views: 19236
Question for 180GXP owners
I've noticed a few comments in this forum about these latest GXP drives making a chirping or cricket-like noise every 10 minutes or so. I was planning on picking up 2 of these drives in the next few days, and wondered if you could weigh in as to whether you have this happening on your drive, and if ...
- Fri Feb 07, 2003 8:21 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Has anyone here actually BOUGHT one of these...???
- Replies: 19
- Views: 12281
I'm in the same boat as you. That dB figure looks totally unbelievable to me, for obvious reasons. From the reading I've done it looks like the only currently available higher-wattage semi-quiet PSUs that have some reputation on this forum (although not everyone agrees on their relative merits) are ...
- Tue Feb 04, 2003 11:04 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: ordered it, now PSU question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4173
Tomshardware.com has a recent review of 21 or so PSUs that provides you with the info needed to calculate your maximum potential power draw for a modern system, although he misses speccing out the 9700 pro or the new Geforce FX video cards, the use of which will increase power drain substantially ov...
- Tue Feb 04, 2003 10:39 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Verax and fortron power supplys
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23086
- Sun Feb 02, 2003 1:27 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Verax and fortron power supplys
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23086
Re: fortron 300
I was also dissapointed, reading that great review on THG. I heard an annoying high-pitched sound all the time. And since I like the continuos hair-dryer sound much better I sent it back. I'll try the Zalman piece next time, or I'll wait until they come up with cheap, dependable fanless PSU's . :cr...
- Sat Feb 01, 2003 7:36 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Geforce FX and PSU selection
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2601
That is a lot of power, and it makes it all the more important to know what rail it is being drawn from to make the best PSU choice. Standard AGP cards are indicated by AMD specs as drawing on the +3.3 rail, but I suspect that these cards (including the 9700 Pro) draw most of their power from the +1...
- Sat Feb 01, 2003 6:52 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Geforce FX and PSU selection
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2601
- Sat Feb 01, 2003 6:44 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Firingsquad's power requirement guidelines - whacked?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8697
- Sat Feb 01, 2003 5:23 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Geforce FX and PSU selection
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2601
Geforce FX and PSU selection
Does anyone know the amperage or wattage requirement for the FX, and what voltage rail this power would be drawn from? A Google search proved fruitless. Knowing these specs will make it possible to determine the quietest PSU for use with this card. (I know - "Who's going to hear the PSU with that bl...
- Sat Feb 01, 2003 5:08 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Silent video cards
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10129
- Sat Feb 01, 2003 4:59 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Firingsquad's power requirement guidelines - whacked?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8697
MikeC wrote: Exoticpc's answer is reasonably thorough. Why do you doubt it? Because as I mentioned they are hardly a disinterested party in this, with their own PSU to sell. I checked IBM's specs on the 180GXP - it does indeed need 2A at +12v for spin-up, so Exotic's answer with respect to HDDs is ...
- Fri Jan 31, 2003 12:29 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: GeForce FX = Dust Buster: first test
- Replies: 58
- Views: 22617
- Thu Jan 30, 2003 11:43 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: New 400 watt PSU from Zalman
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8624
New 400 watt PSU from Zalman
Expected next month (Feb.), Zalman is claiming that this PSU will be "more stable, yet quieter than the previous 300W model". Peak power output is 455W. Can't wait to get my hands on one... especially after reading here that an owner of an Ultra-QuietPC 460 watt unit - my earlier choice - didn't fin...
- Thu Jan 30, 2003 11:34 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Hot New Zalman cooler model: very impressive specs!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2408
Hot New Zalman cooler model: very impressive specs!
Zalman/'s new CNPS7000-Cu cooler, a finalist for PC Magazine's "Best of Comdex" award, is about to hit retail, and it sports some pretty flashy numbers. From the Zalman forum: "2. When do you plan to make it available to purchase in the retail market? --> The first retail version will be released in...
- Thu Jan 30, 2003 8:36 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Quiet Geforce FX info
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5008
- Thu Jan 30, 2003 8:21 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: How much will a 300w power supply run?
- Replies: 284
- Views: 1202930
Anyone buying a PSU for a gaming rig who has an eye on future upgrades needs to keep in mind that the recent history of graphics card upgrades suggest that you be generous in providing a power cushion - a 9700 Pro has a minimum requirement of a 300 watt PSU, and depending on what source you go by, t...
- Mon Jan 27, 2003 4:31 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: GeForce FX = Dust Buster: first test
- Replies: 58
- Views: 22617
- Mon Jan 27, 2003 1:45 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: GeForce FX = Dust Buster: first test
- Replies: 58
- Views: 22617
GeForce FX = Dust Buster: first test
Tom's has a review of the first Geforce FX reference card. While it shows a slight-to-moderate performance gain over a 9700Pro, the noise it makes receives a full page of commentary plus Tom's offers some attached sound files so you can hear the thing for yourself - to quote Tom's, "it sounds like a...
- Wed Jan 22, 2003 1:35 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Firingsquad's power requirement guidelines - whacked?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8697
- Tue Jan 21, 2003 12:03 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Firingsquad's power requirement guidelines - whacked?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8697
On the German test, knowing the % on each rail is just not too useful - gives no indication of how much A is needed for each rail for a given system. Ralf, no doubt the Antec 480 with its 22A on the 12v rail has no problems with this type of setup, it's just that by SPCR standards it is not a very q...
- Mon Jan 20, 2003 8:26 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Firingsquad's power requirement guidelines - whacked?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8697
Firingsquad's power requirement guidelines - whacked?
Firingsquad recently posted a how-to to help determine your system's power requirements when shopping for a new power supply - see http://firingsquad.gamers.com/guides/power_supply/ . Using their figures (some of which come from the AMD guidelines), a 2.8G P4 with 2 HDD, sound, DVD and CD-RW, + 2X51...
- Sun Jan 19, 2003 8:14 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: 14 dBA - SilenX 400 Watt PSU
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2313
Thanks for the link! Seems to me this would the perfect product for reviewing at this site.... As the Fortron/Verax unit this mod is based on (at least the 300 watt version) tested so well and quietly on the recent Tom's Hardware PSU comparison, coming out as his top pick, I may wind up buying this ...
- Sat Jan 18, 2003 1:14 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Review Suggestions?
- Replies: 114
- Views: 98885
Lian -Li case
That new Lian-Li Silent PC case looks intriguing... Model PC-6070. Still not up at the Lian-Li website though.
- Sat Jan 18, 2003 12:03 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Clear plastic case = Quiet case???
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7390
I'm not so sure about those windowed cases being EMI shielded. I heard from someone in the biz a while back that in fact they are not, and they are really illegal to sell as consumer cases for home use because of that. It's interesting that none of the case websites I have visited - even high-end on...